Annual Report 2006 - Plataforma Solar de Almería

PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA
Purpose: The INNOHYP-CA (Innovative high temperature routes for Hydrogen
Production–Coordinated Action) Project is a Concerted Action funded by the
European Commission 6 th Framework Program, the purpose of which is a review
of the state-of-the-art in innovative mass CO 2 -emission-free thermochemical
hydrogen production [3.22] The project goals are:
• Assess the state of the art in mass high-temperature hydrogen production
processes
• Rank these technologies with regard to conventional fossil fuel processes.
• Define the need for research and propose priority activities for a European
roadmap
• Create a platform for sharing and coordinating results of research in
these processes, in collaboration with the International Partnership of
Hydrogen Economy.
Results achieved in 2006: The project began in September 2004 and finished
in December 2006, so during this last year, the work program was completed
and the final report was sent into the European Commission. The results
of the project have been presented at a Seminar for diffusion that took
place in Brussels on November 29 , 2006. The state-of-the-art review offers a
selection of promising processes, grouped in three categories (Figure 3.22):
Decarbonization transition processes, first-generation and alternative or second
generation, water-splitting processes. The roadmap includes development
of pilot plants for transition processes by 2015 using solar methane reforming
technologies, solar gasification of carbonaceous materials and carbothermal
reduction of zinc oxide. During the same period, lab-scale development would
be carried out in order to undertake pilot plants from 2015 to 2020 for SI,
Westinghouse, mixed Ferrite and high-temperature electrolysis water splitting
technologies. In a third stage, development would culminate in the more
technologically demanding alternative cycles, such as the ZnO/Zn cycle or the
Figure 3.21 Lines of thermochemical hydrogen production activity and
projects at the PSA
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